To the end that the sound of His breathing should not fall in this direction, and that that (spiritual) pearl should escape from the narrow (bodily) shell.
تا نیفتد بانگ نفخش این طرف ** تا رهد آن گوهر از تنگین صدف
Since God said, ‘Desire death, O ye that are sincere,’ I am sincere: I will lavish my soul upon this (I will sacrifice my life for this object).”
چون تمنوا موت گفت ای صادقین ** صادقم جان را برافشانم برین
How the people of the mosque blamed the lover-guest for (his intention of) sleeping the night there and threatened him.
ملامت کردن اهل مسجد مهمان عاشق را از شب خفتن در آنجا و تهدید کردن مرورا
The people said to him, “Beware! Do not sleep here, lest the Taker of the soul pound thee like the dregs of sesame-grain,
قوم گفتندش که هین اینجا مخسپ ** تا نکوبد جانستانت همچو کسپ
For thou art a stranger and ignorant of the fact that any one who sleeps in this place perishes.
که غریبی و نمیدانی ز حال ** کاندرین جا هر که خفت آمد زوال
This is not an (accidental) occurrence: we and all those possessed of intelligence have ofttimes witnessed this.3940
اتفاقی نیست این ما بارها ** دیدهایم و جمله اصحاب نهی
To whomsoever that mosque gave lodging for a single night, poisonous death came to him at midnight.
هر که آن مسجد شبی مسکن شدش ** نیمشب مرگ هلاهل آمدش
We have seen this not (only) once but a hundred times: we have not heard it at second-hand from any one.
از یکی ما تابه صد این دیدهایم ** نه به تقلید از کسی بشنیدهایم
The Prophet said, ‘The (Mohammedan) religion is (consists in) sincerity (nasíhat)’: that nasíhat etymologically is the opposite of ghulúl (unfaithfulness).
گفت الدین نصیحه آن رسول ** آن نصیحت در لغت ضد غلول
This nasíhat is ‘to be true in friendship’: in an act of ghulúl you are treacherous and currish.
این نصیحت راستی در دوستی ** در غلولی خاین و سگپوستی
We are showing this sincerity towards thee, without treachery, from (motives of) love: do not turn away from reason and justice!”3945
بی خیانت این نصیحت از وداد ** مینماییمت مگرد از عقل و داد